Indian Janapadas and Mahajanapadas
|
Mahajanapadas
|
Capital
|
Current
Location |
|
Anga |
Champa
|
Bhagalpur
in Bihar |
|
Magadha |
Earlier Rajgriha, Later Patliputra |
Patna, Gaya, and Pars of Shahabad |
|
Malla
|
Kusinara
and Pawa |
Districts
of Deoria, Basti, Gorakhpur and siddharthnagar in Eastern UP |
|
Vajji |
Vaishali |
Bihar |
|
Kosala |
Sravasti
|
Districts
of Faziabad, Gonda, Bahraich of Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
|
Kashi |
Varanasi |
Banaras |
|
Chedi
|
Shuktimasti
|
Bundelkhand
|
|
Vatsa |
Kaushambi |
Allahabad,,Mirzapur |
|
Kuru |
Indraprastha
|
Haryana
and Delhi |
|
Panchala |
Ahichhatra |
Up and Kosala Janapada |
|
Matsya
|
Viratanagara
|
Bhartpur
and Jaipur in Rajasthan |
|
Sursena |
Mathura |
Mathura |
|
Avanti |
Ujjaini
and Mahishmati |
Malawa
|
|
Ashmaka |
Potana |
The Rivers Narmada and Godavari |
|
Kamboja |
Rajapura
in modern day Kashmir |
Districts
Hazara of Pakistan |
|
Gandhara |
Taxila |
Western Part of Pakistan and Eastern Afghanistan |
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